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Nathan Fake, Extrawelt, Fairmont, Holden, Luke Abbot, avus....

I'm not even touching on genres and what they do best combining things. Regardless of all that, it's great electronic music. Their sense of aesthetic is just spot on all the time. I don't think they've ever published something that was... close to awful (at least the ones i've got, which is not the whole discography)... but what I have heard is as close to brilliant as it can get for me right now.

 

just wanted to share. Anybody else on the same train?

 

http://www.discogs.com/label/Border+Community

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I haven't visited recently, but they have their act together, and have created a very nice corner for themselves with a nice aesthetic. The only music I really liked from them was Extrawelt, but that may have changed since then.

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James Holden has made some very good tracks and remixes.

 

But those Nathan Fake tunes are what you get when you strip 4x4-dance-music of anything that could possibly make it enjoyable, energetic, powerful, emotional or interesting. So it's a mixed bag for me.

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Nathan fake has some great tracks outside anything that is related to "Drowning in a sea of love"

Some of his later stuff i.e: hard islands is arguably strange at points... but looking back it has some great things.

Holden, has some huge classics as well signed under that windmill... outhouse, a break in the clouds

 

and just for strangeness' sake, ricardo tobar, which is not much my thing, but still pretty good. Without forgetting the very elusive Luke Abott, that turned into one of my all time fav listens and has little to do with dance and a lot more with electro IDM of sorts... They have even done the comercial really well with misstress barbara that turned out quite tasteful...

most of this is actually rather old now, but it sounds shiny new to me...

 

it's rewarding label to explore. :)

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i was listenning to Holden's Live dj sets recently - actually two of his sets: one from Igloofest (Canada) and the other from Rex Club (Paris) - both 2009 - he played a lot of unreleased (or soon to be released tunes) of Border Community and i have to say it is the most innovative and creative minimal-tech sound i've ever heard

if you have any chance listen to those (easy to find via google) - both 3 hours long - a trip guaranteed

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i was listenning to Holden's Live dj sets recently - actually two of his sets: one from Igloofest (Canada) and the other from Rex Club (Paris) - both 2009 - he played a lot of unreleased (or soon to be released tunes) of Border Community and i have to say it is the most innovative and creative minimal-tech sound i've ever heard

if you have any chance listen to those (easy to find via google) - both 3 hours long - a trip guaranteed

found the playlist for igloofest... the file is in deed a google away...

looks tasty

 

000:00 John Talabot – Sunshine (Hivern Disc 003)

006:00 Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth „Andrew Weatherwall RMX“ (ATB Recordings 05)

012:40 Margot - Goblin Think 1 (Margot Records 005)

019:40 Paul Kalkbrenner – Der Senat (Bpitch Control 147)

021:30 Alden Tyrell - Disco Lunar Module (Clone Records 046 LP)

026:00 Nathan Fake (Unreleased)

031:20 Copy – It`s a Little Too Late (Audio Dregs 061)

036:00 Radiohead - Reckoner „James Holden RMX“ (Unreleased)

042:50 Shit Robot – Chasm (DFA 2183)

048:10 Chordian – Closed Eyes „Paul Kalkbrenner RMX“ (Soniculture 07)

053:20 Luke Abbott (Border Community 2009)

057:20 MIT - Rauch „Luke Abbott RMX“ (Haute Areal Digital)

063:00 Populous with Short Stories - Raimonod „Ricardo Tobar Edit“ (Unreleased)

067:00 James Holden (new Border Community LP Teaser)

070:20 ID

074:40 Mental Overdrive – The Rage (Full Pupp 14)

083:00 The Rapture - I need your Love „Playgroup Dub“ (Output Recordings 010)

088:00 The MFA – We will Destroy you „Edit“ (Border Community 2009)

094:00 Cursor Miner – Exult (Lo Recordings 51)

099:00 Synclair – Synclair „Cylob RMX“ (Areal Recordings 046)

103:15 Nathan Fake (Border Community 2009)

111:45 Fairmont – I need Medicine „Ricardo Tobar RMX“ (Border Community 024)

116:30 Nathan Fake ???

119:00 Nathan Fake (Border Community 2009)

122:30 Luke Abbott – Little Wonderment (Border Community 2009)

124:40 ID

128:00 D.A.R.Y.L. - The Farewell (Hivern Free 001)

133:55 Sleeparchive – Hospital 09 (Sleeparchive 06)

135:00 Wesley Matsell – Bernwerk (Border Community 22)

142:00 Ricardo Tobar (Border Community 2009)

148:00 Subway – Simpley „Gatto Fritto Mix“ (Soul Jazz Records 189-12)

152:30 The Field - Day (Heartbeats International Digital)

158:20 Luke Abbott - Whitebox Stereo (Unreleased)

163:00 The MFA – The Difference it Makes (Border Community 03)

170:00 Ricardo Tobar (Border Community 2009)

174:50 Pivot – Fool in Rain (Warp LP 161)

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  • 2 weeks later...

i was listenning to Holden's Live dj sets recently - actually two of his sets: one from Igloofest (Canada) and the other from Rex Club (Paris) - both 2009 - he played a lot of unreleased (or soon to be released tunes) of Border Community and i have to say it is the most innovative and creative minimal-tech sound i've ever heard

if you have any chance listen to those (easy to find via google) - both 3 hours long - a trip guaranteed

Thanks for the tip, haven't checked BC for recent material but this just might re-ignite my interest :drama:
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Evol Intent - Era of Diversion

 

Yeah Evol Intent is DnB but the album is a mix of styles.

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